They resolved that their article would not be just another well-meaning declaration gathering dust on some forgotten shelf, and they have undertaken a number of efforts to galvanize the scientific community around real reform.
A presidential veto can be overruled by both houses of Congress, but only with two-thirds majorities, which is unlikely, meaning the declaration is likely to stand in the end.
Such startling inequality means that despite well-meaning political declarations, the achievement of basic human rights is far from reality for too many women around the world.
The article uses the Latin term "mea culpa," meaning "a formal declaration of fault/responsibility".
The situation in the occupied territories today defies the meaning of that declaration.
There has long been debate over the intentions and meaning of the declaration.
The 1950-53 Korean war ended in an armistice instead of a formal peace declaration, meaning the United Nations forces led by the US technically remain at war with the North.
As Tim Noah wrote at the time, in this passage, Mr D'Souza explicitly argues against equality of educational opportunity:[F]or the state to enforce equal opportunity would be to contravene the true meaning of the Declaration [of Independence] and to subvert the principle of a free society.
All 47 Democratic senators have been united against Trump's emergency declaration, meaning just four Senate Republicans have to vote in favor of the disapproval measure for it to pass in the Senate, because the resolution needs just a simple majority.
It was conducted according to the Helsinki Declaration, meaning all patients were informed both orally and in writing prior to giving written informed consent.
In his October 1854 Peoria speech, Lincoln said: The meaning of the Declaration was a recurring topic in the famed debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858.
